Al Karkh vs Naft Al-Basra match preview

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Competition: Iraq Iraqi League
Competition: Tue 11.Jul
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Al-Karkh Stadium (6000 seats)

Al Karkh have won 47 points performing as the home team. Naft Al-Basra have 39 points playing away. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Al Karkh have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Iraqi League
  • Naft Al-Basra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Al Karkh form and stats

When playing at home in the Iraqi League, Al Karkh have managed 7 wins, 6 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games.

Karkh lost their last game at Al Quwa Al Jawiya (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. The first loss after going undefeated through three league games.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Al Talaba in a game that was won 1-0.

Al Karkh are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Naft Al-Basra form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Iraqi League travels is 4 wins, 9 draws and 4 defeats.

There were no winners in Naft Al-Basra's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Al Zawra'a (placed 3rd).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Al Quwa Al Jawiya.

The visiting Al-Basra have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 17 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

The latest archived meeting involving both these squads is the Naft Al-Basra - Al Karkh 0-0 played not long ago this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Karkh won four, Naft Al-Basra triumphed in two and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Al Karkh missing players

Naft Al-Basra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Al Karkh Naft Al-Basra
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 18 6 Played P 6 17 35
12 7 3 Won W 0 4 8
11 6 2 Drew D 4 9 15
12 5 1 Lost L 2 4 12
38 22 6 Scored S 3 18 31
34 18 4 Conceded C 5 15 37
80% 83% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 83%
57% 61% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 59% 60%
43% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 35% 34%
17% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 14%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
49% 61% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 49%
40% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 35% 31%
31% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 37%
 
3.5 4.2 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 1.5 0.9
3.9 4.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 1.8 4.4 2.6
1.9 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.5 0.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.8 8.9 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 1 3.1 1.9
2.2 2.7 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.2 1.1 0.7
49% 45% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 300% 106% 135%
 
6.7 8.7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 1.2 5.7 3.4
2.2 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.8 1.7 1
Key stats in Iraqi League this season:
  • Al Karkh have created more than twice as many corners as Naft Al-Basra.
  • Al Karkh have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Al Karkh have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Iraqi League
  • Al Karkh have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Naft Al-Basra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Naft Al-Basra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Naft Al-Basra have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Shorta 35 22 7 6 56 23 17 12 4 1 25 8 18 10 3 5 31 15 33 73
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 35 20 9 6 57 25 18 10 4 4 31 15 17 10 5 2 26 10 32 69
3 Al Zawra'a 35 16 13 6 47 31 17 9 5 3 24 15 18 7 8 3 23 16 16 61
4 Al Talaba 35 17 8 10 47 36 18 9 4 5 25 19 17 8 4 5 22 17 11 59
5 Al Kahrabaa 35 16 11 8 46 35 17 7 6 4 19 15 18 9 5 4 27 20 11 59
6 Al Najaf 35 14 11 10 42 37 17 7 4 6 23 23 18 7 7 4 19 14 5 53
7 Erbil 35 14 10 11 39 37 17 8 5 4 17 14 18 6 5 7 22 23 2 52
8 Karbala 35 13 10 12 35 33 18 9 6 3 22 14 17 4 4 9 13 19 2 49
9 Newroz SC 35 13 9 13 42 39 17 9 4 4 28 21 18 4 5 9 14 18 3 48
10 Duhok 35 11 15 9 32 35 18 7 8 3 21 17 17 4 7 6 11 18 -3 48
11 Al Karkh 35 12 11 12 38 34 18 7 6 5 22 18 17 5 5 7 16 16 4 47
12 Naft Maysan 35 12 11 12 40 50 17 8 7 2 20 17 18 4 4 10 20 33 -10 47
13 Al Hudod 35 9 19 7 37 34 18 5 10 3 21 17 17 4 9 4 16 17 3 46
14 Zakho 35 9 13 13 35 37 17 6 7 4 17 15 18 3 6 9 18 22 -2 40
15 Naft Al-Basra 35 8 15 12 31 37 18 4 6 8 13 22 17 4 9 4 18 15 -6 39
16 Al-Qasim 35 8 13 14 29 34 18 5 6 7 14 15 17 3 7 7 15 19 -5 37
17 Naft Al-Wasat 35 5 21 9 24 28 18 3 11 4 13 14 17 2 10 5 11 14 -4 36
18 Naft 35 7 12 16 36 50 18 3 7 8 20 26 17 4 5 8 16 24 -14 33
19 Al Sinaah 35 7 6 22 25 50 17 4 3 10 13 20 18 3 3 12 12 30 -25 27
20 Al Diwaniya 35 2 6 27 24 77 17 2 2 13 11 38 18 0 4 14 13 39 -53 12

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Al Shorta 35 22 7 6 56 23 17 12 4 1 25 8 18 10 3 5 31 15 33 73
2 Al Quwa Al Jawiya 35 20 9 6 57 25 18 10 4 4 31 15 17 10 5 2 26 10 32 69
3 Al Zawra'a 35 16 13 6 47 31 17 9 5 3 24 15 18 7 8 3 23 16 16 61
4 Al Talaba 35 17 8 10 47 36 18 9 4 5 25 19 17 8 4 5 22 17 11 59
5 Al Kahrabaa 35 16 11 8 46 35 17 7 6 4 19 15 18 9 5 4 27 20 11 59
6 Al Najaf 35 14 11 10 42 37 17 7 4 6 23 23 18 7 7 4 19 14 5 53
7 Erbil 35 14 10 11 39 37 17 8 5 4 17 14 18 6 5 7 22 23 2 52
8 Karbala 35 13 10 12 35 33 18 9 6 3 22 14 17 4 4 9 13 19 2 49
9 Newroz SC 35 13 9 13 42 39 17 9 4 4 28 21 18 4 5 9 14 18 3 48
10 Duhok 35 11 15 9 32 35 18 7 8 3 21 17 17 4 7 6 11 18 -3 48
11 Al Karkh 35 12 11 12 38 34 18 7 6 5 22 18 17 5 5 7 16 16 4 47
12 Naft Maysan 35 12 11 12 40 50 17 8 7 2 20 17 18 4 4 10 20 33 -10 47
13 Al Hudod 35 9 19 7 37 34 18 5 10 3 21 17 17 4 9 4 16 17 3 46
14 Zakho 35 9 13 13 35 37 17 6 7 4 17 15 18 3 6 9 18 22 -2 40
15 Naft Al-Basra 35 8 15 12 31 37 18 4 6 8 13 22 17 4 9 4 18 15 -6 39
16 Al-Qasim 35 8 13 14 29 34 18 5 6 7 14 15 17 3 7 7 15 19 -5 37
17 Naft Al-Wasat 35 5 21 9 24 28 18 3 11 4 13 14 17 2 10 5 11 14 -4 36
18 Naft 35 7 12 16 36 50 18 3 7 8 20 26 17 4 5 8 16 24 -14 33
19 Al Sinaah 35 7 6 22 25 50 17 4 3 10 13 20 18 3 3 12 12 30 -25 27
20 Al Diwaniya 35 2 6 27 24 77 17 2 2 13 11 38 18 0 4 14 13 39 -53 12

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